"Eloquence may set fire to reason."

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Source : "Gitlow v. People of New York, 268 U.S. 652". Judicial opinion, 1925.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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“To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour.”
“Marriage is very important. Marrying a girl is the most important thing a man can do. Never mind business or politics or sport or any of that, there's nothing so vital to the world as a man marrying a woman. That's where we get our children from, that's how the human race goes forward. And if it's too late for children, there's the companionship of a safe and trusted person.”

Source : Frank Delaney (2011). “The Matchmaker of Kenmare: A Novel of Ireland”, p.21, Random House
“Alex Riley does a lot of things for me. I teach him so many things.”
“The vampire is an outsider. He's the perfect metaphor for those things. He's someone who looks human and sounds human, but is not human, so he's always on the margins.”
“As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.”
“We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone.”
“To represent your country is an honor and a great experience.”
“Sometimes all we need is only listening to an inner voice and remaining human in a very personal way. But even if it is a personal way, it's still a very valid way - maybe the most valid way. It doesn't have to be a collective experience or someone telling you what to do. The most sacred human experience can be a very personal one.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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